Category: Trips

Above Average

Today was the Annual Christmas fishing competition at Swanswater in aid of Strathcarron Hospice. The weather was remarkably settled compared to both what we have had since Christmas day (Gales) and what’s forecast for tomorrow more gales!

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SSDD*

This weekend was meant to be the long awaited visit to the Tweed, to what is normally a salmon beat but which for a limited time permits a small amount of Grayling fishing.

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Forget what I said about winter being easier….

I needed out for my fishing fix yesterday but the weather was pretty cold and very, very windy in the morning.

With the forecast saying the wind was due to ease as the afternoon wore on, I popped up to the local, Swanswater for a 2 hour ticket on the small ponds. The main loch,  Swanswater itself was the colour of tea and quite choppy when I walked past earlier in the day with the dog and there wasn’t a soul out.

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